K-P PDWP approves projects worth Rs110 billion
The meeting of the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) chaired by Additional Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah on Friday approved developmental projects of Rs110,241 million.
The meeting was attended by members of PDWP and officials of the concerned departments.
The meeting approved 62 projects pertaining to rural development, irrigation, public health engineering, C&W, health, elementary and secondary and higher education.
District development plans for several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) are also part of approved projects, under which rehabilitation of health and educational facilities and clean drinking water would be provided.
Approved projects include the construction and improvement of irrigation and crossing facilities and flood infrastructure in villages Chuprial, Baidara, Shokhdara, Durushkhela, Baz Khela, Sakhra and adjoining areas of Swat district.
They also include district development plans for Chitral, Swat, Upper and Lower Dir, Malakand, Buner, Shangla, Kohistan, Battagram, Mansehra, Torghar, Abbottabad, Haripur, Swabi, Mardan, Charsadda, Nowshehra, Peshawar, Kohat, Hangu, Karak, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber, Bajaur, Mohmand, Orakzai, Kurram, North and South Wazirstan.
Moreover, sub-divisional plans for Hassan Khel, Dara Adam Khel, Wazir, Bettani, Darazinda, and Jandola; poverty alleviation through enhancement of milk meat value chain in merged areas; sustainable productivity enhancement through the promotion of climate-smart and efficient mechanised farming practices, and enhancement of agriculture land productivity through improved soil and water conservation practices are also among the approved projects.
They also include Integrated Livestock Development Programme Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Phase-I), construction; rehabilitation, widening, improvement of roads, bridges and culverts in Upper Swat and Tehsil Kabal; construction of road from Dowtoi to Haider Kandow (Kurram Agency) 28 KM and several other important projects.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 6th, 2022.